Mister International (Thailand)

Not to be confused with Mister International (Philippines).

For the most recent competition, see Mister International 2024.

Mister International is an international male beauty pageant that the Mister International Organization runs since 2006. Along with its rival contest, Mister World, this pageant is one of the two largest male beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions. Mister International Organization was Singapore-based owned and organized by the former president and late founder, Alan Sim.

Mister International

Type	International male beauty pageant
Parent organization	Mister International Company, Ltd
Headquarters	Bangkok, Thailand
First edition	2006 [es]
Most recent edition	2024
Current titleholder	Nwajagu Samuel Nigeria
Founder	Alan Sim
President	Pradit Pradinunt
Vice President	Anthony Santana
Chief Executive Officer	Ricky JungHoon Jun
Chief Operating Officer	Nicholo Paulo Ventura
Language	English
Website	www.misterinternational.org

The current Mister International 2024 is Nwajagu Samuel of Nigeria, who was crowned on December 14, 2023 at the Island Hall, Fashion Island, Bangkok, Thailand. He became the first Nigerian, and the first African, to win the Mister International title.

History

2006–2021

Mister International Organization was Singapore-based owned and organized by the former president and late founder, Alan Sim,^[1] Since the first edition, 80 countries have sent their representative to this pageant, with an annual average of 38 contestants. Mister International Organization licenses local organizations that wish to select the Mister International contestant for their country and approves the selection method for national contestants. Traditionally, Mister International lived in Singapore during his reign and was allowed to live anywhere in every country (hence the name Mister International).^[2]

2022–present

Since Sim's death on October 12, 2022, the organization relocated its headquarters to Thailand, with Pradit Pradinunt becoming the new president from October 31, 2022. For the first time in 16 years, the Mister International Organization will allow fathers, married, and divorced men to compete.^[3] A separate group based in the Philippines led by Manuel Deldio emerged.^[4][5][6] The Philippines-based pageant group has been holding a pageant of the same name since 2023.^[7][8][9]

Titleholders

Edition	Year	Date	Mister International	Runners-ups					Location	No.	Ref.
				First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
1st	2006 [id]	October 7, 2006	Wissam Hanna  Lebanon	Erbert Javier Delgado  Venezuela	Konstantinos Avrampos  Greece	Karlis Karolis  Latvia	Chaka Sedgwick  USA	Not awarded	Singapore, Singapore	19	[10][11]
2nd	2007 [id]	December 31, 2007	Alan Bianco Martini  Brazil	Oh Jong Sung  South Korea	Aristotelis Bolovinos  Greece	Alberto García Gómez  Venezuela	Bassel Mohammad Abou  Lebanon	Not awarded	Kuching, Malaysia	17	[12][11]
3rd	2008 [id]	November 24, 2008	Ngô Tiến Đoàn  Vietnam	Mohamad Chamseddine  Lebanon	Zhang Lun Shuo  China	Mihovil Barun  Croatia	Vincent Cleuren  Netherlands	Not awarded	Tainan, Taiwan	30	[13][14] [15][11]
4th	2009 [id]	December 19, 2009	Bruno Kettels  Bolivia	Hector Soria  Spain	Maxime Thomasset  Lebanon	Maxime Thomasset  France	Sebastian Strzepka  Poland	Not awarded	Taichung, Taiwan	29	[11]
5th	2010 [id]	November 30, 2010	Ryan Terry  Great Britain	Caio Lucius Ribeiro  Brazil	Luis Alberto Macías  Spain	Thomas Sebastian  Indonesia	Leodion Sulaj  Greece	Not awarded	Jakarta, Indonesia	40	[11]
6th	2011 [id]	December 17, 2011	César Curti  Brazil	Martin Gardavsky  Czech Republic	Steven Yoswara  Indonesia	Le Khoi Nguyen  Vietnam	Marco Djelevic Virriat  Sweden	Not awarded	Bangkok, Thailand	33	[11]
7th	2012 [id]	November 24, 2012	Ali Hammoud (Resigned)  Lebanon	Ron Teh (Assumed)  Singapore	Marko Sobot  Slovenia	Ricardo Magrino  Brazil	Ján Haraslín  Slovak Republic	Not awarded		38	[11]
8th	2013 [id]	November 21, 2013	José Anmer Paredes  Venezuela	Albern Sultan  Indonesia	Jhonatan Marko  Brazil	Hans Briseño  Mexico	Gil Wagas  Philippines	Antonin Beránek  Czech Republic	Jakarta, Indonesia	38	[11]
9th	2014	February 14, 2015	Neil Perez  Philippines	Rabih El Zein  Lebanon	Tomas Dumbrovsky  Czech Republic	Rafal Maslak  Poland	Mitja Nadizar  Slovenia	Not awarded	Ansan, Korea	42	[11]
10th	2015 [id]	November 30, 2015	Pedro Mendes  Switzerland	Anderson Tomazini  Brazil	Sang Jin Lee  South Korea	Julian Javier Torres  Panama	Jakub Kraus  Czech Republic	Not awarded	Manila, Philippines	36	[11][16]
11th	2016 [id]	February 13, 2017	Paul Iskandar  Lebanon	Masaya Yamagishi  Japan	Vinicio Modolo  Italy	Not awarded			Bangkok, Thailand	35	[11]
12th	2017 [id]	April 30, 2018	Seung Hwan Lee  South Korea	Manuel Molano  Colombia	Dwayne Geldenhuis  South Africa	Not awarded			Yangon, Myanmar	36	[11]
13th	2018 [id]	February 25, 2019	Trịnh Văn Bảo  Vietnam	Francesco Piscitelli  Venezuela	Waikin Kwan  Hong Kong	Not awarded			Pasay City, Philippines	39	[17][18] [11][19]
2019–2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
14th	2022	October 30, 2022	Emmanuel “Manu” Franco  Dominican Republic	Lukanand Kshetrimayum  India	Orangel Dirinot  Venezuela	Jason Li  Hong Kong	Myron Jude Ordillano  Philippines	Juan Pablo Colias  Spain	Quezon City, Philippines	35	[20][21] [22][11]
15th	2023	September 17, 2023	Kim Goodburn  Thailand	William Badell  Venezuela	Edward Ogunniya  Brazil	Not awarded			Bangkok, Thailand	36	[23]
16th	2024	December 14, 2024	Nwajagu Samuel  Nigeria	Nguyễn Mạnh Lân  Vietnam	Glenn Victor Sutanto  Indonesia	Not awarded			Bangkok, Thailand	47	[24][25]

Country by number of wins

Country	Titles	Year
Lebanon	3	2006, 2012[a], 2016
Vietnam	2	2008, 2018
Brazil		2007, 2011
Nigeria	1	2024
Thailand		2023
Dominican Republic		2022
South Korea		2017
Switzerland		2015
Philippines		2014
Venezuela		2013
Singapore		2012[b]
Great Britain		2010
Bolivia		2009

Countries/Territories ranking

Rank	Country/Territory	Mister International (1st place)	1st Runner-up (2nd place)	2nd Runner-up (3rd place)	3rd Runner-up (4th place)	4th Runner-up (5th place)	5th Runner-up (6th place)	Total
1	Lebanon	3 (2006, 2012[b], 2016)	2 (2008, 2014)	1 (2009)	—	1 (2007)	—	7
2	Brazil	2 (2007, 2011)	2 (2010, 2015)	2 (2013, 2023)	1 (2012)	—	—	7
3	Vietnam	2 (2008, 2018)	1 (2024)	—	1 (2011)	—	—	4
4	Venezuela	1 (2013)	3 (2006, 2018, 2023)	1 (2022)	1 (2007)	—	—	6
5	South Korea	1 (2017)	1 (2007)	1 (2015)	—	—	—	3
6	Philippines	1 (2014)	—	—	—	2 (2013, 2022)	—	3
7	Nigeria	1 (2024)	—	—	—	—	—	1
7	Thailand	1 (2023)	—	—	—	—	—	1
7	Dominican Republic	1 (2022)	—	—	—	—	—	1
7	Switzerland	1 (2015)	—	—	—	—	—	1
7	Great Britain	1 (2010)	—	—	—	—	—	1
7	Bolivia	1 (2009)	—	—	—	—	—	1
13	Singapore	1 (2012[b])	0 (2012[b])	—	—	—	—	1
14	Indonesia	—	1 (2013)	2 (2011, 2024)	1 (2010)	—	—	4
15	Czech Republic	—	1 (2011)	1 (2014)	—	1 (2015)	1 (2013)	4
16	Spain	—	1 (2009)	1 (2010)	—	—	1 (2022)	3
17	India	—	1 (2022)	—	—	—	—	1
17	Colombia	—	1 (2017)	—	—	—	—	1
17	Japan	—	1 (2016)	—	—	—	—	1
20	Greece	—	—	2 (2006, 2007)	—	1 (2010)	—	3
21	Hong Kong	—	—	1 (2018)	1 (2022)	—	—	2
22	Slovenia	—	—	1 (2012)	—	1 (2014)	—	2
23	South Africa	—	—	1 (2017)	—	—	—	1
23	Italy	—	—	1 (2016)	—	—	—	1
23	China	—	—	1 (2008)	—	—	—	1
26	Poland	—	—	—	1 (2014)	1 (2009)	—	2
27	Panama	—	—	—	1 (2015)	—	—	1
27	Mexico	—	—	—	1 (2013)	—	—	1
27	France	—	—	—	1 (2009)	—	—	1
27	Croatia	—	—	—	1 (2008)	—	—	1
27	Latvia	—	—	—	1 (2006)	—	—	1
32	Slovak Republic	—	—	—	—	1 (2012)	—	1
32	Sweden	—	—	—	—	1 (2011)	—	1
32	Netherlands	—	—	—	—	1 (2008)	—	1
32	United States	—	—	—	—	1 (2006)	—	1
Rank	Total	17	15	16	11	11	2	72

The country/territory who assumed a position is indicated in bold
The country/territory who was dethroned, resigned or originally held the position is indicated in striketrough
The country/territory who was dethroned, resigned or originally held the position but was not replaced is indicated underlined

Debuts

As of the 2024 edition, 96 countries and territories have participated in Mister International, with no country having competed in every edition. The 2018 edition was the only one without any debuting countries.

Edition (Year) Country/Territory 1 (2006)  Australia  Germany  Greece  Guatemala  India  Indonesia  Italy  Latvia  Lebanon  Malaysia  Namibia  New Zealand  Philippines  Singapore  South Africa  Sri Lanka  USA  Venezuela 2 (2007)  Brazil  Canada  Costa Rica  Egypt  South Korea  Taiwan

Edition (Year) Country/Territory 3 (2008)  Angola  Belgium  Bolivia  China  Croatia  France  Honduras  Hong Kong  Kyrgyzstan  Luxembourg  Macau  Malta  Netherlands  Nigeria  Pakistan  Slovenia  Vietnam 4 (2009)  Colombia  Great Britain  Ireland  Poland  Puerto Rico  Spain  Thailand

Edition (Year) Country/Territory 5 (2010)  Austria  Azerbaijan  Bosnia & Herzegovina  Chile  Czech Republic  Denmark  Ecuador  El Salvador  Kazakhstan  Madagascar  Panama  Slovakia  Turkey  Ukraine 6 (2011)  Mexico  Norway  Portugal  Sweden 7 (2012)  Dominican Republic  Haiti  Macedonia  Serbia  The Bahamas 8 (2013)  Peru  Russia

Edition (Year) Country/Territory 9 (2014)  Guam  Japan  Myanmar 10 (2015)  Cambodia  Georgia   Switzerland 11 (2016)    Nepal  Paraguay 12 (2017)  Finland  Nicaragua 13 (2018) None 14 (2022)  Albania  Cuba  Laos  Sierra Leone 15 (2023)  Guinea-Bissau  North Cyprus  Trinidad & Tobago 16 (2024)  Benin  Cameroon  Curaçao  England  Mali  Scotland

Titleholders

Edition	Year	Date	Mister International	Runners-up		Location	Entrants	Ref.
				First	Second
6th	2003	August 24, 2003	William Kelly  Sharjah, UAE	Rajneesh Duggal  India	Shaun Paul Cuthbert  Singapore	London, England	32	[27]
5th	2002	October 26, 2002	Raghu Mukherjee  India	Julio César Cabrera Mendieta  Venezuela	Odysseus Karouis  Greece	New Delhi, India	26	[28][29][30]
4th	2001	December 15, 2001	Alexander Aquino  Philippines	Anibal Martignani Pérez  Venezuela	Leroy Vissers  Holland	Udaipur, India	36	[31][32][33]
3rd	2000	October 13, 2000	Aryan Vaid  India	Jorge Pascual  Mexico	Xu Chong  China	Jodhpur, India	25	[34]
2nd	1999	October 30, 1999	Nadir Nery Djiukich  Venezuela	James Ghoril  Lebanon	Abhijit Sanyal  India	New Delhi, India	24	[35]
1st	1998	October 31, 1998	Mario Carballo  Costa Rica	Hasan Yalnizoglu  Turkey	Tamme Boh Tjarks  Germany	Jaipur, India	23	[36]

• Note: In 2003 edition, three contestants came from United Arab Emirates, included Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. William Kelly represented Sharjah and later won the title.

Winners gallery

• 
  Mister International 2023
  Kim Thitisan Goodburn
   Thailand

See also

• Manhunt International
• Mister Global
• Mister World
• Mister Supranational
• Man of the World

Notes

1. Lebanon's Ali Hammoud (Resigned) and Singapore's Ron Teh (Assumed)
2. Lebanon's Ali Hammoud (Resigned) and Singapore's Ron Teh (Assumed)

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External links

• Official Website